(7) I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
(7) He goes forward boldly, and using a vehement irony or type of taunting, desires the Corinthians to pardon him, if for a time he argues as a fool before them, who are wise, along with those other wise ones, as he talks about those external things such as his stock, his ancestors, and valiant acts.